martelar
Portuguese, verb/maʁ.teˈla(ʁ)/
martelar is spelled M-A-R-T-E-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Martelar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hammer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bater com um martelo”.
What does martelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hammer
- 2
to harp, to insist
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bater com um martelo 2. insistir teimosamente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of martelar
- martelo first-person present singular
- martelei first-person preterite singular
- martelado participle past
- martelares infinitive second-person singular
- martelarmos first-person infinitive plural
- martelardes infinitive plural second-person
- martelarem infinitive plural third-person
- martelando gerund
- martelados masculine participle past
- martelada feminine participle past
- marteladas feminine participle past
- martelas indicative present second-person
- martela indicative present singular
- martelamos first-person indicative plural
- martelais indicative plural present
- martelam indicative plural present
- martelava first-person imperfect indicative
- martelavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce martelar?
- Brazil /maʁ.teˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mah.teˈla(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to martelar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is martelar in Portuguese?
martelar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).